So I am just wondering what you guys think..what would be too old for a doe to be bred for the first time? I don't want to bred my does to just anything, I guess I am being picky, so I am just kinda of taking my time so I make (hopefully) a good cho
Read more…Okay, so I have two does that are about the same age. Fiona is larger and weighs more than Aurora. I let our Buck in with them back in late December and he was put back in his own section in mid march. Hopefully I will have kids in late may or early
Read more…So both my girls just had their kids, and in the back of my mind is the question - when will they be in heat again? Is there an average? I have my buck separated, but currently the fence is attached and we have to wait until the thaw to move posts
Read more…I've just noticed my FF doe who is 3 months pregnant seems to be laying down a lot lately. She still gets excited about food and doesn't seem off in any other way, but definitely laying around more than she used to. I just wanted to ask if this is co
Read more…So - I obsessed with this question for a long time. I had 2 bucks, I castrated them surgically to be ABSOLUTELY sure there was no boy parts active under any circumstances. I asked a lot of sources when these boys would be "safe" to put in with girls
Read more…We no longer have any goats with blue eyes and we miss them! However, I have 2 does who have had a parent with blue eyes. I bred them to a buck with no blue eyed gene. What are my chances of having kids with blue eyes?
Read more…I Have a doe I would like to breed but was told she maybe to small to breed,so what is to small? She is 18 1/2 inches tall. Can she be breeded and if I can breed her do I find a buck her size or smaller?
Read more…http://www.flickr.com/photos/asarkofphotos/sets/72157640654182644/
First 3 pics - are Kiki - my all black with white top knot queen - due April 14
Next 2 are Forsythia - crème - - due April 28
Next 3 are Ali - a light red (full sister to Forsythia)
Read more…My two new does Cayenne and Hosanna (mom and daughter) had just finished their heat cycles one January 2 and 4 respectively. You count the 21 days starting the day after they finish right? Do I need to be worried about them being stressed after movin
Read more…As of right now I have a 10x10 barn and 35x35 paddock. I have 5 does and a buck and plan to add another doe. The girls (right now) are 4 months old and he's 6 months. All nigerian dwarfs. What do I need to get ready for birthing season. Yes i know i
Read more…I enjoy reading all the past posts and I see similar things brought up. So I thought I'd share my experiences from this fall as a way of bringing it all to home for newbies and to thank all you experienced folks and giving you guys something to laug
Read more…I have viewed the photos here of Patricia's doe 'Tassie' whose face looks crooked (March 27, 2013), but as was discussed, the crookedness might be an illusion due to the markings.
I would like to know more about crooked face. What is it that is crook
Read more…My two bucklings fight if I have them near each other ever since breeding season. Once they are castrated - this Wednesday - will it abate? Will the testosterone fade enough and if so - how fast. I want to keep both of them but can't if they fight a
Read more…Would these statements fit my little bucks here in the picture I uploaded?
Pi is on the left, Monte is on the right (Monte is 2 weeks older, Pi is from small lines - polled)
Pi:
San Clemente (Buckskin) coloration
This animal has phaeomelan
Read more…Sunday, I noticed Capri had a bubble but this was as far as it seemed to be, meaning nothing more later that I observed and I was out there most of the day. She was bred one month earlier. Is this possibly a miscarriage? The next day it was gone a
Read more…One of my does is acting so strange. I bread her along with another doe on October 11. They came back into heat (both of them) 5 days later, so I bred them again, thinking the first heat was a false heat. One of them came back into heat again yest
Read more…One of my does that just got home from the breeders yesterday is acting like she's in heat. Her tail is flagging her vagina is pink (pinker than usual) she's mounting my other doe and actually acting Bucky and my other doe seems like she's showing mo
Read more…I promised to share what I've been seeing after castrating my bucklings post breeding season.
It has been 2.5 weeks since Castration day.
At 2 weeks post procedure - older wether that one buck was living with started to challenge castrated buck and
Read more…I was wondering if somebody could talk to me about how the genetics work in color inheritance. I mean, I know about dominant and recessive genes and all that, but it seems that Nigerians come in so many colors and there isn't a pattern to how they wi
Read more…Our 2014 breeding schedule is up! Some great lines behind these goats! //:http:// www.cadeslilfarm.com/kidding schedule.
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